How To Be Okay When You’re All Alone
I hope you find comfort in knowing that you’re not alone in the way you feel. It’s okay to feel lonely. I understand. I have been there and I personally know many people who are currently feeling lonely and sad.
mental well-being
This is What I Realised About Social Distancing As A Typical Introvert
After all, humans are social creatures, however introverted or extroverted we are. Meaningful conversations, whether they’re exchanged in person or through technologies, have the power to keep us close, comforted, and hopeful of the day we meet in person again.
How To Make The Most Out Of Social Distancing
I want those of you who are struggling to remember that this will pass. It is a pandemic but, like all others in the past, it will end at some point.
What An Anxious Person Needs From A Friend
I realised that I didn’t need my friend’s advice. I didn’t need him to act like a therapist. I actually knew what to do. But it wasn’t the point. The point is, it’s hard to battle mental illness alone.
3 Things I Did That Have Radically Transformed My Life This Year
There are always some issues here and there, there will be times when I feel down and depressed, but at least now I know for a fact that I’m whole and I’m enough for myself and I’m committed to maintaining this healthy headspace regardless of where I am at in life.
Sit With Yourself Even If It Feels Painful
Sit with yourself because there are times no one and nothing could help you but you.
At 25 I’m Supposed To Be Full Of Life But I’m Depressed
I’m depressed. But I’m grateful I have writing because otherwise how else could I be so completely myself and feel understood even just by putting the words out there?
What A Journey Into The Heart Of Cambodia Taught Me About True Happiness
Life back home felt like an enormous burden filled with problematic thoughts and issues that weren’t actually a problem at all.
This is The Pain You Need
You have to make the mistakes, then you can learn the lessons. You have to walk through the pain, then you can find the answers that matter.
Your Depression is Not A First World Problem And Your Feelings Matter
We all have external and internal lives, and no one should assume they are always in sync.
Tara Condell
I read about you yesterday and I burst into tears on the bus. You don’t know me. You will never know me. But I know you now and I’m listening to your playlist.
How To Reprogram Your Thoughts To Maintain A Healthy Self-esteem
Why would you judge people based on look if you know beauty is not your strong suit? Why would you judge people based on money if you don’t have much yourself?
7 Signs You’re Emotionally Mature
You’re not afraid to be emotional and you don’t try to avoid them, especially the negative and difficult ones. You let them happen to you while you understand that your emotions are temporary.
How To Cope With Spiralling Anxiety And Stress
I’d always been good with my alone time and being myself so this episode really freaked me out. It was intense and kept spiralling. I couldn’t even function properly in my day-to-day life as I was constantly distracted, overwhelmed by anxiety and fatigue.
How To Thrive As A Highly Emotional Person
For a highly emotional person, especially one who views their world purely through their emotional lenses, life can feel like a constant battle of ups and downs. When you hit a rough patch and fall into a pit of negativity, it can easily lead you to believe you will never come out of it, which only keeps you there longer.
6 Harmful Thinking Habits And How To Free Yourself From Them
Past decisions are just that: done decisions that belong to the past. Most likely, you did what you did because it was your best option in that moment given the circumstance — there’s no point in regretting.
How I Survived My Parents’ Drug Addiction And Did Better For Myself
Towards the end of our stay at my childhood home, my parents fought all the time. They fought with each other, me, my sister, everyone really. Their drug addiction had gotten out of control.
Read This When You Just Want to Disappear
Days like when you wish you could just vanish because you feel like you’re nothing, for nothing — they are unbearable. Days like this — they are eating you away. Days like this — they are killing you before you even have to kill yourself.
6 Practical Pieces of Advice Anyone Can Follow To Live A Stress-free, Productive Life
A harmonious blend of Western and Eastern philosophies.
What Your Depressed Friends Wish You Would Know
I know depressed is not me. I’m so much more. That being said, yes, I can be depressed. It’s a truth that sometimes I’m convinced it’s best if I kill myself. What can I say? This is what I’m dealing with on a daily basis. It’s part of me.